Accounts Payable Specialist | City Finance Operations

City of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Houston is seeking an Accountant for Financial Reporting Operations (FRO) to manage accounts payable, maintain accounting records, and prepare financial reports. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field with at least 9 hours in Accounting and one year of accounting experience.

Professional experience may substitute for some education hours. Typical hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, at 611 Walker Street.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a closely related field such as Finance, with a minimum of 9 hours in Accounting.
• One year of experience as an Accountant Associate or a professional accountant is required.
• Professional accounting experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis, except for the 9 hours in Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and processes invoices, department bills, journal vouchers, purchase orders, etc., for submission to the Controller's office.
• Research problems with invoices to expedite payment of bills.
• Maintains proper control and procedures in processing accounting transactions.
• Research problems and/or management inquiries associated with posting transactions to the City's automated financial accounting system.
• Assists with or performs special projects as assigned.
• Responds to customer inquiries.
• Designates and reviews accounting work assignments for accuracy and completeness.
• Provides support to departments and divisions on issues related to processing payments and chargebacks.
• Performs journal corrections.
• Reviews and ensures appropriate signature approvals on documents.
• Ability to assist management in analyzing reports.
• Measures, compiles, and analyzes metrics to assist in citywide central services accounts payable activities.
• Investigates and resolves vendor issues or inquiries.
• Assist in maintaining and updating policies and procedures.
• Ability to apply specific guidelines, internal controls and methodologies.
• Ability to analyze and/or maintain large quantities of financial data.
• Researches and responds to internal and external customer inquiries regarding the payment of invoices, payment of employee reimbursements or status of vendor setup requests.
• Ensures all documentation and authorization is received according to guidelines.
• Discusses questionable information with user departments or team leads and ensures corrections are processed.
• Assist with or performs special projects as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/related field with 9 accounting hours

Job description

City of Houston is seeking an Accountant for Financial Reporting Operations (FRO) to manage accounts payable, maintain accounting records, and prepare financial reports. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field with at least 9 hours in Accounting and one year of accounting experience.

Professional experience may substitute for some education hours. Typical hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, at 611 Walker Street.